Kogin Lubefu shi ne rafi na kogin Sankuru,wanda kuma shi ne rafi na kogin Kasai a Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Kongo.

Kogin Lubefu
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Labarin ƙasa
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Tsarin Daidaiton Labarin Kasa 4°09′55″S 22°58′48″E / 4.165294°S 22.979965°E / -4.165294; 22.979965
Kasa Jamhuriyar dimokuradiyya Kwango
Territory Kasai-Oriental (en) Fassara
Hydrography (en) Fassara
Ruwan ruwa Kongo Basin
River mouth (en) Fassara Kogin Sankuru
Kogin Lubefu
Kogin Lubefu

Ɗaya daga cikin Turawa na farko da suka ziyarci kogin shine Alexandre Delcommune a cikin 1887 a lokacin wani gagarumin binciken bincike na koguna masu tafiya a cikin Kongo Basin.[1] Wani bayani na tafiya ta yankin kogin Kasai a shekarar 1908 ya ce akwai kada a cikin kogin amma saboda saurin da ake yi babu wani dan kwarin gwiwa sai inda kogin ya hade da Sankuru.Kogin yana da sauri,kunkuntar kuma yana jujjuyawa,kuma a wuraren da bishiyoyin da ke rataye su ke yin rami. Daga Bena Dibele,wani gari a kan Sankuru kusa da wurin da Lubefu ya haɗu da shi zuwa tashar gwamnati na Lubefu yana da nisan 100 miles (160 km).Duk da haka,ya ɗauki kwanaki 19 kafin jirgin ruwa na whale tare da gogaggun mashigin ruwa don rufe wannan nisa.[2]

Hukumomin mulkin mallaka na Belgium sun tilasta wa manoman yankin yin noman auduga ba tare da son ransu ba.Kin shuka auduga kai tsaye zai zama kisan kai idan aka yi la’akari da muggan dabarun ’yan mulkin mallaka.Wata dabarar juriya ta wuce gona da iri ita ce tafasa tsaban auduga kafin a dasa su,don kada su yi tsiro.A cikin 1925 mutanen da ke zaune a kudancin Lubefu sun bayyana wa wani masanin aikin gona na jihar cewa "ƙasa tana kona irin auduga".[3]

  1. Briart & Ryelandt 2003.
  2. Hilton-Simpson 1911.
  3. Likaka 1997.